California: Electric Utilities Wildfire Mitigation Plan Bill Introduced

Sen. Bill Dodd has introduced SB 1003, Electrical corporations: wildfire mitigation plans. This pro-consumer protection bill would revise the requirements of the wildfire mitigation plan to require:

• The preventive strategies and programs to include consideration of the relative reduction of exposure to wildfire risk caused by variations in implementation timelines;
• A description of the performance metrics to include how variations in implementation timelines for different elements of the plan are incorporated; and
• A list to include particular risks and risk drivers associated with the speed in which wildfire risk mitigation measures can and will be deployed by the electrical corporation. The bill has yet to be scheduled for a public hearing.